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33 CFR §20.703

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In each administrative hearing, a presumption—
  1. (a)Imposes on the party against whom it lies the burden of going forward with evidence to rebut or meet the presumption; but
  2. (b)Does not shift the burden of proof in the sense of the risk of non-persuasion.